Item    0773795                 94/03/31        12:18
From:   DARREN_SMITH@NEXT.COM@INET01#   Internet Gateway
Subject: PRESS RELEASE:  CodeReviewer, software analysis tool for NEXTSTEP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Information:


Software Services and Solutions, Inc.
sss@sss.com
(203) 630-2000
fax: (203) 630-2020


ANNOUNCING A DEMO OF CODEREVIEWER, THE SOFTWARE ANALYSIS TOOL


A demonstration version of the CodeReviewer software analysis tool

from Software Services and Solutions, Inc., is now available via

email and FTP.  CodeReviewer allows developers and project

managers to analyze the state of a software project, as well as

its history of development over time, and to reduce development

and maintenance costs by uncovering potential trouble spots in

code.  CodeReviewer is one of the SS&S CASE Tools, a line of

applications for developers of custom applications that also

includes the DRCS graphical, directory capable revision control

system.

The demonstration version of CodeReviewer 2.7.2 limits its

analysis of source code to the first 150 lines of a file, printing

and saving the results of analyses are disabled, and the

application times out ten minutes after launch.  The production

version of CodeReviewer can be purchased directly from Software

Services and Solutions, Inc., or through Paget Press.  See the

bottom of this message for ordering information.

The demonstration package, CodeReviewer_Demo.pkg.tar.gz, which

includes an online version of the CodeReviewer manual, is 500 Kb,

and it is available via email to CASE_Tools@sss.com, or via direct

FTP from the following locations:

cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/programming
sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/
ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/incoming and eventually
/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/commercial/apps

The demo will run under NEXTSTEP 3.1 and 3.2 on NeXT and Intel

hardware.  Contact SS&S via email to CASE_Tools@sss.com if you

require a demo that will run under NEXTSTEP 3.0.

The following excerpt from the Overview section of the

CodeReviewer manual gives more details about CodeReviewer:

CodeReviewer is a software analysis tool designed to increase the

productivity of developers, get new developers up to speed on a

project quickly, and provide information to guide project managers

in preventing trouble spots.  CodeReviewer helps track and manage

changes to objects and other code in multi-person development

efforts.  CodeReviewer allows project managers and developers to

analyze versions of code visually and formally, according to

industry-standard software metrics.  Visual analysis is supported

for any type of code, while software metrics can be computed,

compared, and graphed for C, C++, Objective-C, and YACC code.

CodeReviewer integrates well with source code management systems,

if they are in use on a project.  CodeReviewer is compatible with

the DRCS graphical revision management system and the RCS revision

control system, as well as any source code management system built

on RCS.

With CodeReviewer, project managers can gain control of changes to

code and avoid the morass of object incompatibilities that can

plague large object-oriented development efforts.  Progress on

goals can be tracked down to the level of changes in methods and

functions in an individual source file. Development can proceed

with greater efficiency toward its goals with CodeReviewer.

Developers can use CodeReviewer to quickly appraise the state of

legacy code and the work that has been done on it in the past.

The complexity analysis functions of CodeReviewer can point

developers to problem spots in code before they become bugs or

maintenance headaches.  Also, CodeReviewer can get developers up

to speed on an unfamiliar project in a fraction of the time it

would take them without it.

CodeReviewer is fully integrated with NEXTSTEP, and its user

interface is immediately familiar to users of standard NEXTSTEP

applications.  CodeReviewer provides its analysis capabilities via

services, as well, to allow easy integration with the current

development environment, e.g. CodeReviewer can be invoked on a

class file from within ProjectBuilder through its services menu.

CodeReviewer allows multiple source code files to be analyzed at

one time, and CodeReviewer can perform historical analysis on each

of the files.  An entire project's source code can be loaded into

CodeReviewer and analyzed by broad or fine statistical measures;

CodeReviewer will then allow drill down visual analysis in terms

of detailed code fragments.

Results of analyses can be stored for further analysis in other

tools, or for later review in CodeReviewer.  CodeReviewer creates

and reads .CodeReviewer documents, which can also be read by

spreadsheets and a variety of other tools.  CodeReviewer also

exports the results of its analyses in a variety of other formats.

All SS&S CASE Tools are sold under a floating license for maximum
convenience to the user.  SS&S has an aggressive multi-license

discount program.

Software Services and Solutions, Inc., is an information

technology consulting firm specializing in open systems

technology, object-oriented software design and development, and

networking.  Software Services and Solutions, Inc., provides

technology consulting, reengineering, and custom development

services to businesses and governments worldwide, in addition to

producing high quality tools and ObjectWare for developers of

custom applications.


SS&S can be reached via email to sss@sss.com, phone to (203)

630-2000, or fax to (203) 630-2020.




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